dolce vita riviera maxi dress- $110
find it here.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
what i want today
style nanda blouse - $46.
i'm hopelessly in love with this blouse. from my new favorite online shop, stylenanda !
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
old town orange
Old Town Orange is a charming historical district full of vintage & antique stores and some amazing places to eat. bruxie, home of gourmet waffle sandwiches, is a place that you need to check out whilst being in old town orange. they serve both savory & sweet sandwiches and everything on their menu sounds fantastic! on account of my sister & i being famished & wanting to try pretty much everything on the menu, we ended up ordering a decent (note the emphasis on decent) amount of food. we shared the buttermilk fried chicken with chili honey & cole slaw, the proscuitto & gruyere, wild mushrooms with goat cheese, & the ogura (red beans with sweet cream). personally, i enjoyed the fried chicken sandwich the most because the sweetness of the honey offset the saltiness of the fried chicken and the waffle was the binding ingredient that tied them together in melodious harmony. can you tell how much i enjoyed my savory & sweet sandwich? haha. it was divine.
for anyone who's furnishing a home, Old Town Orange has a fair amount of antique stores where you can pick up an assortment of furniture, wall decor, dishware, & knick knacks at really decent prices. i had such a great time browsing & meandering through the stores.
browsing at elsewhere vintage. unfortunately i didn't purchase anything here, but they did have a good collection of quality vintage pieces.
i saw these adorable fondue pots at the orange circle antique mall. i wanted to take them all home with me !
don't you love this vintage powder blue wall phone??
outfit details: top- urban outfitters $20, daisy skirt- thrift $1, belt - thrift $7
hb
considering how close i live to the beach, about 2 blocks, i really don't spend enough time there. so when my sister was in town visiting from pittsburgh last week we made it a priority to spend some time at the beach enjoying the sand, waves, and salty breeze. we picked a beautiful day with lots of sunshine & although it wasn't bring out the bathing suit & frolic in the water weather quite yet, we were content to just sit & be.
outfit details: shirt- levi's $15, dress- vintage $7, hat- urban outfitters $15, sunnies- f21 $6
Thursday, May 19, 2011
reunited
i love old luggage. there's something so romantic about them. there is just no comparison to the gaudy fabric & shiny hardshell suitcases that you currently find in stores. obviously vintage suitcases are not the most practical thing since they don't have wheels, long handles, & are quite heavy but sometimes form wins over practicality right?
i originally bought this 1960's samsonite train case at the rose bowl flea market & i just had to have it !! the vendor wanted $30 for it, but i talked her down to $18. i also wanted to buy a blue samsonite hardshell suitcase that i had seen earlier in the day for $40, but i was pretty exhausted by the time i found the train case & didn't want to go back for the suitcase.
i'm glad that i didn't buy that blue suitcase because a few months later lo and behold, i found the matching RED samsonite hardshell suitcase at the orange circle antique mall. it was originally priced at $44, but to my good fortune it was 50% & i was able to walk away with it for $22 !!
reunited at last.
bargains
i love bargain shopping. i hate paying full price for any item & i generally try to wait until an item goes on sale to purchase it. i do have to be honest & admit that when i know that it'll be a popular item or it might be a limited release i'll generally jump the gun & buy it before i regret the missed opportunity to do so.
i also love to comparison shop. this means that if there's an item that i really want, but i don't want to pay x amount of dollars for i'll try to look for something similar in pattern, shape, color, etc that's selling for a smaller dollar amount. for example, i fell in love with the stripes from prada s/s 2011 & since there was no way that i was going to be able to afford anything from the collection i went out & bought a multicolored striped dress from h&m that satisfied my bold stripes craving. additionally, i fell in love with the bananas print from the same prada collection & i jumped at the chance to buy a sheer banana print dress from h&m. obviously, neither of the dresses look anything like the original look, but they quite nicely fulfill my need for a multicolored stripes & banana prints which is good enough for me.
h&m is a favorite place of mine to satisfy fashion cravings, but zara, forever 21, & especially thrift stores (since trends always recycle) are also great places to find specific trends that you might want to try at a price that you can afford. sometimes its not just limited to higher end brands that i cringe at the thought of shelling dollars out for. if i think that the said product is not unique enough & overpriced considering the quality/cut/color then i will try to find & often do find a similar product at a price that i'm comfortable with.
here are some examples of my comparison shopping:
kate bosworth in calvin klein (i think). i loved this dress on her & immediately needed to buy an orange dress.
i instantly fell in love with this bright, citrus number at zara- $60
prada s/s 2011 RTW
i bought this at h&m - $15
i found this cute dress at h&m for $30, but with a 20% discount i got it for $24.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
orange orange orange
i fell in love with the idea of an orange dress the minute i saw this picture & i went out & bought my own orange dress from zara. absolute bliss.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
the Asia Issue
Are Asian models finally starting to come into prominence in the fashion industry? Let's certainly hope so because I would love to see more Asian faces on the runways, magazines, & advertisements.
V Magazine's "Asia Issue"
shu pei
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